Show classic player card
Tommy John League
4-1-2395
Saburo Kato Right Field
Retired (2380, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating 67   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .842 Status Retired (2380) Option Years 0  
H 1267 Age 52 (OS 53) Date of Birth 09-01-2342
HR 177 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(2372)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(30 games)
RBI 776
SB 146
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 69 Contact vs. L 73 Endurance 53   Ldrship 28
Power vs. R 66 Power vs. L 68 Velocity 30   Mentor vR 74
Speed 56 Bunt 48 Control 17   Mentor vL 74
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 50 WS Rings 1
1B 1 (1.6%) LF --- Arm 89 WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF 86 (86.8%)   Health 48 LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF 100 (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
2372 RF ARI 108 108 921.1 196 191 4 1 1 0 1.90 .995
CF ARI 36 36 290.0 79 76 0 3 0 -4 2.36 .962
2373 RF ARI 109 109 912.2 208 204 3 1 0 -3 2.04 .995
CF ARI 35 35 288.1 87 86 1 0 0 0 2.72 1.000
2374 CF ARI 74 74 614.0 173 171 1 1 0 +4 2.52 .994
RF ARI 59 59 497.2 110 105 3 2 0 -1 1.95 .982
LF ARI 5 5 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 -1 2.36 1.000
2375 RF ARI-MON 121 121 1065.2 242 229 11 2 2 +4 2.03 .992
CF ARI-MON 4 3 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
LF ARI-MON 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
3B ARI-MON 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2376 RF MON 144 144 1290.1 272 259 11 2 2 -6 1.88 .993
2377 RF MON 144 144 1231.1 261 251 7 3 1 -1 1.89 .989
2378 RF MON 144 144 1268.2 270 254 10 6 4 -1 1.87 .978
2379 RF MON 142 142 1281.1 233 227 3 3 0 -1 1.62 .987
2380 CF MON-TOR 27 7 103.0 26 26 0 0 0 0 2.27 1.000
RF MON-TOR 8 6 57.0 16 14 1 1 0 0 2.37 .938
SS MON-TOR 7 0 13.0 6 3 2 1 0 0 3.46 .833
1B MON-TOR 2 1 11.0 8 8 0 0 0 +1 6.55 1.000
2B MON-TOR 2 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
Pos Total RF 979 977 8526.0 1808 1734 53 21 10 -9 1.89 .988
CF 176 155 1322.1 372 366 2 4 0 0 2.50 .989
LF 6 6 51.0 14 14 0 0 0 -1 2.47 1.000
SS 7 0 13.0 6 3 2 1 0 0 3.46 .833
1B 2 1 11.0 8 8 0 0 0 +1 6.55 1.000
2B 2 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1173 1139 9927.1 2211 2126 59 26 10 -9 1.98 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2380-11-01Saburo Kato has retired from the Toronto Thunder
2380-09-30Saburo Kato of the Toronto Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
2380-08-21The Toronto Thunder have acquired Saburo Kato from the waiver wire.
2380-08-05The Montreal Expos have designated Saburo Kato for assignment.
2375-05-30Trade #1913502 has been completed between the Montreal Expos and the Arizona Fighting Artichokes. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes receive Draft Pick 2377 Round 2 MON (Harry Lapan), Draft Pick 2376 Round 1 MON (Roy Ligtenberg) from the Montreal Expos in exchange for Saburo Kato.
2375-04-01The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have placed Saburo Kato on the trade block.
2372-04-01The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have promoted Marty Layne to the major league team. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have promoted Saburo Kato to the major league team. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Dick DiMaggio for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Bruno Smith for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Glenn Jones for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Danny Nielsen for assignment.
2369-04-22Trade #1899953 has been completed between the Arizona Fighting Artichokes and the Anaheim Elegant. The Anaheim Elegant receive Emerson Quinlan, Draft Pick 2372 Round 2 ARI (Hunter Farrell) from the Arizona Fighting Artichokes in exchange for Draft Pick 2372 Round 1 ANA (Saburo Kato).